complete verse (Joshua 8:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 8:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then he hanged the king of Ai on a tree to hang there until evening. And/But when the sun was setting, Joshua said that the body of the king should be removed. It was removed and thrown down at the gate of the city. Many stones were piled at that place which (plur.) are there to this day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and he kept him there until sundown. At the time of sunset he took his body down from the pole and cast it out at the city gate. On top of the corpse they brought together a heap of stones. It is still there until today.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Josue had- the king -hanged on a tree/pole and left there until (it) became-afternoon. At the setting of the sun, he had- the corpse/dead-body -taken and had-(it)-thrown outside the gate of the city. They covered/piled- this -over with stones, and until now these stones can- still -be-seen.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left his corpse hanging there until the evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s corpse down from the tree and to throw it on the ground at the city gate. After they did that, they piled a lot of rocks on top of the corpse, and that pile of rocks is still there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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